AN OTTOMAN YATAGAN WITH MAKER'S NAME Y
TURKEY, DATED AH 1226/ AD 1811-12
Estimate: £600 - £800
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
of typical form, with tapering and slightly curving watered steel blade, with gold inlay decoration, one side of the blade with a large inscription-filled elongated cartouche comprising a cusped medalion and six rectangular cartouches around it, the other side decorated with tulips and other flowerheads, the spine of the walrus-ivory hilt set with coral'
Dimensions
69.8cm long
Provenance
Private Scottish collection.
Footnote
The inscriptions comprise Arabic prayers within the six cartouches around the medallion and the date spelled in Arabic, and a Turkish couplet. In the central cartouche ‘Work of el-Hace Mehmed 1226 (AD 1811-12)’.